Wesley House, Church Lane, Peak Forest, Buxton, SK17 8EL Data via plota.co.uk

NP26/1016 - Conservation Area Tree Work REGISTERED: Under Assessment

Proposal

T1 Sycamore overhanging the road, street light and the old church now converted to a home. Crown lift the tree by 3-4m including cutting back from the church and street light. A slight thin of the tree to provide more light through to the property. All work will be sympathetic to the overall aesthetic of the tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 29 Oct 2026, 12:02

Application progress

✓

Received

14 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 16.

Documents 6

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Location Plan - 14-10-2026.jpg Location Plan · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Amended - Application Form Redacted - 27-10-2026.pdf Application Forms · 27 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form - 14-10-2026.pdf Application Forms · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Peak District Dales SAC

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Peak District National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Peak Forest and Old Dam conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Pennine Bridleway about 11 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 326 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area67 m² (721 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (70 out of 100)

PropertySemi-detached flat, 4 habitable rooms

Built1950 to 1966

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsTimber frame, as built, partial insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2014, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Peak District
Application type: Conservation Area Tree Work
Postcode: SK17 8EL
Received: 14 Oct 2026
Validated: 14 Oct 2026
Parish: Peak Forest
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 16, past Peak District's usual 5 days for tree and landscaping works. 99% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 13 Jan 2027.

predicted

Day 1640 days to the 56-day target

99%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

144decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Peak District in the last twelve months, from validation. Peak District decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 14 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Nov 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.